Carl Schmitt and the politics of hostility, violence and terror
By: Gabriella Slomp.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Basingstoke, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780230002517
Subjects: Schmitt, Carl, -- 1888-1985 -- Political and social views; Political science -- Philosophy; Violence -- Political aspects; Terror -- Political aspects; Terrorism -- Political aspects; Terrorism -- Philosophy; Hostility (Psychology)
Description: Carl Schmitt's friend/enemy principle is exposed to in-depth philosophical analysis and historical examination with the aim of showing that the political follows hostility, violence and terror as form follows matter. The book argues that the partisan is an umbrella concept that includes the national and global terrorist.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.